Vietnam War: Protest

How many protesters turned up to the Democratic Party Convention in 1968?

• 10,000

• 25,000

• 50,000

• 100,000

What happened to the Protesters at the Democratic Party Convention in 1968?

• They were all arrested

• The Police attacked them

• It rained and they went home?

• They made speeches in the Convention

In what year were most Americans killed in Vietnam?

• 1965

• 1966

• 1967

• 1968

The Draft seemed unfair as Local Boards tended to select who?

• University Students

• Black men

• Men from the countryside

• Men from the suburbs

The biggest protest against the war was in Washington and was inspired by the news of what?

• My Lai Massacre

• Tet Offensive

• Invasion of Laos

• The release of Lieutenant Calley

What event inspired the student protests at Kent State University?

• Invasion of Cambodia

• Tet Offensive

• Use of Agent Orange

• Operation Linebacker

How many students were killed by the National Guard at Kent State in 1970?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

How many people turned up for the 1971 Veterans against the Vietnam War?

• 100000

• 200000

• 300000

• 500000

What were the young men who escaped to Canada to avoid the Draft called?

• Patriots

• Volunteers

• Hippies

• Draft Dodgers

Which of the following shows that Congress were aware voters were not supporting the war?

• Refusal to pay for 200,000 more men to be sent to Vietnam in 1968

• Refusal to pay for Operation Linebacker

• Refusal to send money to South Vietnam in 1974

• The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution